Kaillie Humphries Armbruster, 40, Wins World Cup Monobob

Kaillie Humphries Armbruster keeps rewriting what's possible in bobsled, and she's doing it at 40 years old.

The American bobsled champion won the women's monobob World Cup season finale in Altenberg, Germany on Saturday. At 40 years and 4 months, she became the oldest woman ever to win a World Cup monobob race, breaking a record set just last season by fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor.

"Age is just a number," Humphries Armbruster said after her victory. "It does not define us or limit us in anything."

Her win is even more remarkable considering she missed significant competition time this Olympic cycle while becoming a mother for the first time. Now she's heading into the Milan Cortina Olympics next month with serious momentum, having won three times since December across monobob and two-woman events.

Humphries Armbruster already claimed Olympic gold in her 20s and again in her 30s. She won the 2022 Olympic monobob championship and is ready to add to her collection.

"The goal was always to build each and every race throughout this year up until the Olympics, and I think we've been pretty successful at that," she said. Saturday's victory marked her first World Cup monobob win since February 2023.

The U.S. women's bobsled team looks unstoppable heading into the games. Humphries Armbruster will be nominated to the Olympic team Monday alongside Meyers Taylor and reigning world monobob champion Kaysha Love as pilots for Team USA.

Why This Inspires

In sports that demand peak physical performance, athletes in their 40s rarely dominate. Humphries Armbruster is proving that experience, determination, and smart training can overcome outdated assumptions about age limits.

Her journey also shows that taking time for life's biggest moments like motherhood doesn't have to mean sacrificing dreams. She stepped away, came back, and reached new heights.

For anyone who's ever felt too old to chase a goal or worried that life changes would derail their ambitions, her story offers powerful proof otherwise.

The Milan Cortina Olympics begin next month, where Humphries Armbruster will chase her third Olympic gold and show the world that 40 is just getting started.